CILEX Professional Qualification foundation stage

Course Type: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX)

Length: 18 months, part-time evening classes

Entry Requirements:

• GCSE or equivalent is desired. By the end of the course you will need to have secured relevant work experience.

The Foundation Stage of the CILEX Professional Qualification (CPQ) is the first stage of professional training to becoming a CILEX Paralegal, CILEX Advanced Paralegal or CILEX Lawyer.

The Foundation Stage of the CPQ is broken down into three elements: core legal knowledge, practice and skills; ethics and professional responsibility; and professional experience.

WHAT WILL I STUDY?

As part of your academic study you will need to complete five mandatory modules:

• Legal Systems

• Contract Law

• Law of Tort

• Introduction to Property and Private Client

• Professional and Legal Skills

In addition, you will be required to evidence your competence via a professional experience portfolio, carried out with a legal employer, and complete the first ethics and professional responsibility e-learning module. Please note, there is no requirement for you to be working in the legal sector when first embarking on the CPQ Foundation Stage. However, in order to complete the full qualification, you will need to have secured some work experience which covers the requirements of the professional experience element of the programme.

WHAT’S NEXT?

Graduates of the Foundation Stage will be able to hold the professional status of CILEX Paralegal. CILEX Paralegals can then progress onto the CILEX Professional Qualification – Advanced Stage to complete further training and begin specialising in a chosen legal area. You can apply to complete the Advanced Stage at Bede by visiting our website.

CILEX professional qualification advanced stage

Course Type: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX)

Length: 2 years, part-time evening classes

Entry Requirements:

• Foundation stage CPQ or CILEX Level

3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice

The Advanced Stage of the CILEX Professional Qualification (CPQ) is the second stage of professional training to becoming a CILEX Advanced Paralegal or CILEX Lawyer.

Those of you who have a qualifying law degree will be able to start your CILEX training on the CPQ Advanced Stage. Successful completion of the CPQ Advanced Stage will qualify you as a CILEX Advanced Paralegal. Following on from this you will be able to progress onto the CPQ Professional Stage to become a CILEX Lawyer.

WHAT WILL I STUDY?

As part of your academic study you will need to complete four mandatory modules:

Professional and Legal Skills

Dispute Resolution and Litigation

Criminal Law and Litigation

Property and Conveyancing

In addition, you will be required to select at least one optional module from the following:

• Business and Employment Law

• Family Law and Practice

• Wills, Probate and Private Client

You will be required to evidence your competence via a professional experience portfolio, carried out with a legal employer, and complete the second ethics and professional responsibility e-learning module. If you have not completed the Foundation Stage of CPQ you will also be required to complete the first ethics and responsibilities module in order to progress.

WHAT’S NEXT?

Graduates of the Advanced Stage will be able to hold the professional status of CILEX Advanced Paralegal and will become a regulated Fee Earner. CILEX Advanced Paralegals can then progress onto the CILEX Professional Qualification – Professional Stage to complete further training to become a CILEX Specialist Lawyer. You can apply to complete the Pressional Stage at Bede by visiting our website.

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CILEX Professional Qualification Professional Stage

Course Type: Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX)

Length: Minimum of 1 year, part-time

Entry Requirements:

• CPQ Advanced Stage, LPC or BPC

• Alternatively you can enter upon completion of a CLE Apprenticeship

The CPQ Professional Stage is the third and final stage of the CILEX Professional Qualification. It is open to CILEX Advanced Paralegals or those with an LPC or BPC. You will enter the CPQ Framework as a trainee CILEX lawyer and will study the Professional Stage to become a CILEX Lawyer. This programme takes your legal education to the highest level, building on your previous study and enabling you to complete your specialist training to achieve practice rights in your chosen specialism.

WHAT WILL I STUDY?

Trainees will complete a mandatory module entitled Professional Skills. This module will require you to complete legal research on a given case study. You will then select your chosen specialist pathway module. Examples of pathways include, but not limited to, residential conveyancing, commercial conveyancing, probate practice and family practice. The modules of criminal litigation, family practice and civil litigation also have an advocacy requirement attached to them which will need to be completed.

HOW AM I ASSESSED?

You will be assessed by a mixture of internal formative assessments, case study portfolio, professional experience portfolio and external examinations throughout the duration of your training programme.

WHAT’S NEXT?

Graduates will be qualified CILEX Specialist Lawyers in their chosen legal area and receive all relevant practice rights. Graduates can choose to specialise in additional areas by completing additional modules.